If you have trouble reading this e-mail or wish to go directly to the web version, click here. JANUARY 2018
2018 starts very well for the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) scheme, with the addition of the first French banking group into the list of registered payment service providers (PSPs). We now count over 1,000 of them (already proposing SCT Inst-based services or with a later readiness date), from twelve countries and representing twenty-five percent of all European PSPs. Not bad for a scheme launched just two months ago!
Insight 18 January 2018 The Slovak payment landscape

Did you know that Slovakia is one of the most advanced European countries in terms of contactless card payments? Discover other interesting facts in this interview.


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An interview with Roman Hains

EPC Board Member representing the Slovak and Czech Banking Associations



News 24 January 2018 Happy tenth anniversary to SEPA!

The first Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) payment scheme was launched by the EPC just ten years ago. Since then, major progress has been made to greatly facilitate our daily payment habits. And many exciting challenges await us to further integrate European payments.


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News 16 January 2018 The first French banking group joins the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer scheme

BPCE, a major French banking group, will start proposing SEPA instant credit transfers to its customers in April 2018.


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9 January 2018 A compilation of some interesting reports about payments published this last quarter

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Infographic 24 January 2018 10 interesting facts about SEPA




Infographic 18 January 2018 The Slovak payment landscape



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